If your English Chumleys is a must have, if your not English make sure you get here to try the fish and chips the chips are amazing, handcut goodness not bought in a bag and deep fried like every other place you go too.

BarMerlo stores are Italian-style espresso bars. They serve Merlo Coffee Private blend delivered fresh-roasted daily, directly from their Merlo Coffee Torrefazione. They also have a range of freshly prepared food items, delivered daily from their team of chefs at Merlo Kitchen. See other locations

In its central Newstead headquarters, you will find a funky cafe with great baristas serving perfect coffees, and a dedicated team freshly roasting premium beans daily to deliver to discerning cafes and restaurants all over Brisbane and beyond.

There's a seemingly never-ending collection of teas for a beginner tea drinker or the seasoned tea steeper to take home. If you're not sure where to start, come in and try a free sample of whatever tea they have on display. This is a veritable tea-lovers dream,with over 200 (and counting!) white, yellow, black, green, oolong, organic, scented, fruit tisanes, rooibos and lux blends

If you're crazy about coffee then you really don't care for cafe's that want to be everything to everyone. Naked coffee is all about the coffee. The coffee is great, the little cakes and treats they have for sale are nice compliments to their brew and their staff know their way around a coffee machine. What's not to like?

Java Coast does among some of the best coffee in the city. It's robust, complex and they really know how to get the milk right consistently. The breakfast menu covers a good range of sweet and savoury options plus they have no qualms about swapping items for fussy eaters and people with specific dietary needs.

This is a wonderful coffee shop with delicious coffee and great conversation. There is also quite nice selection of teas you can get there - loose leaf all of them and really tasty. The interior is very charming with various teapots, peculators and coffee mugs lining the rich, brown walls.

The coffee is expertly done and at the cheaper end of espresso coffees in the city. Other than coffee, there are cookies, cakes and sandwiches on offer, with a full breakfast menu starting later in the week